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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

So commonplace is it that growing businesses have to adapt to the changing environment that the “pivot” has become a part of entrepreneurial lore. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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Corporate Cultures – Supervisor Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment

Strategy Driven

The Supervisor Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment represents move toward standardized, centralized control. Subsequently, organizations where work activities are supervisor initiated and controlled by documented processes tend to exhibit a very limited degree of creativity and flexibility.

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Corporate Cultures – Individual Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment

Strategy Driven

The Individual Initiated, Knowledge and Skills Controlled Environment represents a culture that seeks to actively harness and channel worker creativity. The following characteristics, benefits, risks, and risk mitigators are representative of the Individual Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment.

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Corporate Cultures – Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment

Strategy Driven

The Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment is one of two anchor points on the Culture-based Work Performance Model. The following characteristics, benefits, risks, and risk mitigators are representative of the Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment. Consider leaving a comment!

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2020 Hindsight: Learning for Tomorrow

Lead Change Blog

How has the current environment changed demand from your core customer base? Has the economic environment created new customers or needs you can address? The operating model you’ve had in place for the past 10 years may have been perfect for 2011 but doesn’t work as well as it needs to for 2021.

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4 Ways to Promote Productivity

Lead Change Blog

defined leadership as “the process of influencing people to direct their efforts towards the achievement of group goals.” ” It is vital that all leaders take note of the term process; this implies that it is an ongoing process which is always open to changes and improvements where necessary. Koontz Et Al.

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Seven Steps To Effective Change in 2011

Six Disciplines

Specifically, what are you doing to make the rest of 2011 a banner year for continual business improvement? Have a road map in place that outlines the process. Improvement and change are a continuous process. Are you satisfied with the way your business is performing today? How about next year? Continuously improve.